Hacker News5d ago

The Futility of Lava Lamps: What Random Means

https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/lava-lamps-and-randomness

#HackerNews #LavaLamps #Randomness #Futility #TechCulture #DigitalArt #ScienceExploration

The Futility of Lava Lamps: What Random Really Means

Lava lamps are cool, but there are better ways to get random numbers.

Hacker NewsMay 14

Computer Hobby Movement in Canada

https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/exhibits/show/hobby_canada/hobby_canada

#HackerNews #ComputerHobby #Canada #TechCulture #DigitalNomads #CreativeMinds

Computer Hobby Movement in Canada · Computer Hobby Movement in Canada · York University Computer Museum Canada

The York University Computer Museum (YUCoM) is a historical collection and a research center for the history of computing in Canada. Computer museum Canada

Nebraska.CodeMay 13

Teresa Hill-Rush presents 'Culture as Code: Refactor Your Team’s Operating System for Resilience, Curiosity, and Flow' this July at Nebraska.Code().

https://nebraskacode.amegala.com/

#ANNIEModel #PracticalAgile #TechCulture #TechTeam #WorkCulture #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM #SoftwareDevelopment #Nebraska

LobstersMay 7

Programming Still Sucks

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

#Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #TechCulture

Programming Still Sucks. — Writing

Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

KarakunMay 6

🏍️ Motorrad, 🚐 Campervan-Projekt und 🌱 Garten – und jetzt neu bei #Karakun:

Daniel Tiefenauer startet als Senior Software Engineer.

Nach Stationen als Software Engineer, Architekt und Tech Lead hat er sich bewusst für ein Umfeld entschieden, in dem #ContinuousImprovement, Respekt und Vielfalt mehr sind als Buzzwords.

Seine Ziele:

👉 neugierig bleiben
👉 Wissen teilen
👉 gleichzeitig Mentor und Lernender sein

Willkommen im Team, Daniel. 🚀

#SoftwareEngineering #TechCulture

VibeAxisMay 5

You are on the fediverse, which means you already know the centralized web is drowning in AI slop. The algorithmic internet is collapsing under its own weight. I wrote a field guide to navigating the "Slop Economy" and how we survive the death of the useful web.

https://vibeaxis.com/dead-web-survival-guide-slop-economy/

#DeadInternet #Enshittification #TechCulture #WebDesign #CyberCulture #InternetHistory

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 27
Ah, the age-old tale of the side project: the modern tech worker's equivalent of the New Year's resolution gym membership. 💪💻 "It's OK to abandon your side project," says the author, valiantly justifying the digital graveyard of half-baked ideas and abandoned GitHub repos. Bravo, Robb, for reminding us all that #quitting is, indeed, an option! 😂📉
https://robbowen.digital/wrote-about/abandoned-side-projects/ #sideprojects #techculture #digitalgraveyard #abandonedideas #HackerNews #ngated
It's OK to abandon your side-project - Robb Owen

In an industry that pressures developers to always be shipping side-projects, it can be helpful to be retrospective with the projects that don't make the cut

Robb Owen Digital
SébastienApr 25

The technical stack sentiment this week is clear:
Ascendant: #Python + #PyTorch + #MLOps + #LLM #GenAI #AgenticAI experience + Cloud.
These are the "Builders".
Debt: Generic software engineering. Pure data annotation. Non-AI cloud migration.
These are the "Reshaped" roles.
If your skill set is in the "Debt" category, the market is telling you to migrate *up* the stack. The window for that migration is closing.

https://realigndaily.substack.com/

#MachineLearning #TechCulture #AntiHype #Newsletter

Realign Daily | Sébastien Deschamps | Substack

Realign Daily delivers a curated, human‑centric selection of tech job opportunities plus sharp market analysis — helping you find work that aligns with a more thoughtful digital future. Click to read Realign Daily, by Sébastien Deschamps, a Substack publication. Launched 5 hours ago.

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 25
The "Overtom Chess Computer Museum" 🏛️: a riveting collection of silicon brainiacs that couldn't checkmate a novice if their circuits depended on it. 🤖🕵️‍♂️ It's like a shrine for those who think that naming a computer after a Greek myth makes it smarter. 🙄♟️
https://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/Engindex.html #OvertomChessMuseum #SiliconBrainiacs #ComputerHistory #ChessHumor #TechCulture #HackerNews #ngated
Overtom Chess Computer Museum, Index

Overtom Chess Computer Museum, index

IT Horror Stories PodcastApr 24

We’re looking for guests for IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith.

Got a real IT incident story? Outage, failed deploy, security issue — the kind that still sticks with you?

We anonymize everything, and stories must be 18+ months old. It’s about learning, not blaming.

Details in the one-sheet.

Let’s turn your story into something useful.

#ITHorrorStories #CallForGuests #DevOps #SRE #TechCulture #Tech